AGENDA REGULAR MEETING OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

TO BE HELD ON MAY 21, 2015 5:00 p.m.

1050 SOUTH FOSTER DRIVE BATON ROUGE, LA

1. Roll call, invocation (School Board Member Connie Bernard), and pledge of allegiance (Cadet Sergeant Kaela Balingit – Broadmoor High School and LTC Michael Stewart, Senior Army Instructor). Presentation of Annual Superintendent’s Trophy to Broadmoor High School’s JROTC. (Colonel Robert Hyver)

2. Approval of the minutes of the April 16, 2015, Regular Board meeting, May 7, 2015, Special Board meeting, and the May 7, 2015, Committee of the Whole meeting.

3. Recognitions.

3.1 Recognition of the Valedictorian and Salutatorian from each high school, and recognition of the top honor students in the eighth grade graduating classes. (Superintendent Bernard Taylor, Jr.)

3.2 Recognition of Michelle Perk, teacher at Southeast Middle School, for her work with breast cancer awareness. (School Board Member Barbara Freiberg)

3.3 Recognition of students who passed the DELF exam of French proficiency and students who scored at the Gold, Silver, or Bronze levels for the national Spanish exams. (Michael Haggen)

3.4 Recognition of for its outstanding service and support on behalf of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System. (Michael Haggen)

3.5 Recognition of Baton Rouge Magnet High School’s Boys’ Gymnastic Team for winning the state gymnastic title. (Armond Brown)

3.6 Recognition of the Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS) Golden and Crystal Apple Award winners. (Judy Bethly – VIPS)

4. Personnel Matters. (FOR INFORMATION ONLY)

5. Superintendent’s Report/Update. (Superintendent Bernard Taylor, Jr.)

6. Presentations. (NONE)

7. Report from Board Appointees to Community Committees/Agencies.

CONSENT AGENDA

The following items are considered to be routine and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of items unless a Board Member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered as an item on the regular agenda for separate vote preceding the last item on the regular agenda.

8. Consideration of a request for approval of a professional services contract, renewable for up to five (5) years, between the East Baton Rouge Parish School System and the LSU Gordon A. Cain Center for STEM Literacy to create and sustain a comprehensive partnership between State University and the East Baton Rouge Parish School System. (Superintendent Bernard Taylor, Jr.)

2 9. Consideration of a request for approval of a professional services contract between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and Education Foundations, LLC, in the amount of $25,000.00 as it relates to a federally-mandated summer school tutoring program. (Funding Source: Title I Non-Public Equitable Services). (Michael Haggen)

10. Consideration of a request for acceptance of the Math and Science Partnership (MSP) grant in the amount of $188,333.00 to provide high quality professional development, instructional strategies, and resources teachers can utilize to improve student learning. (Michael Haggen)

11. Consideration of a request for approval of a professional services contract between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and Dr. LaTefy Schoen in the amount of $15,000.00 for academic consulting services related to the 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) Grant. (Funding Source: 21st CCLC Grant). (Pat Friedrich)

12. Consideration of a request for approval of a professional services contract between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and Laverne Woods Dunn in the amount of $11,000.00 for family engagement consulting services related to the 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) Grant. (Funding Source: 21st CCLC Grant). (Pat Friedrich)

13. Consideration of a request for approval to negotiate a Scope of Work with the vendor that best meets the needs of the district as it relates to the migration of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System’s e-mail system from Novell Groupwise to Office 365. (Dr. Herman Brister)

14. Consideration of a request for approval of the lease contract extension for the Nicholson Elementary School site between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and the Children’s Charter School, Inc., for the period of July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2017. (Catherine Fletcher)

15. Consideration of a request for approval of proposed middle school assignment changes for the 2015-2016 school year and related matters. (Dr. Bernard Taylor, Jr.)

16. Consideration of a request for approval of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board meeting schedule for 2015-2016.

(END OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS)

Stand Alone Items: (Referred by the Committee of the Whole without a recommendation.) There are no items.

New Business:

17. Adopt the Resolution, as required by law for the Office of the Assessor, no later than June 1, 2015, for the purpose of levying millages effective on the 2015 Assessment Roll. (Catherine Fletcher)

18. Discussion/Consideration of a request for approval of the (a) proposed 2016 East Baton Rouge Parish School System healthcare premium rates for active employees and non-Medicare retirees; (b) contract renewal with Humana for 2016 and proposed 2016 East Baton Rouge Parish School System healthcare rates for all Medicare-eligible retirees; and (c) contract renewal with AlwaysCare and proposed 2016 East Baton Rouge Parish School System rates for all participants. (Catherine Fletcher/Mercer)

19. Discussion/Consideration of a request for approval of a new policy change: All retirees that become Medicare-eligible on or after 1/1/2016 will only be offered coverage under the Board-approved Medicare Advantage Plan. Current Medicare-eligible retirees participating in the Board-approved Medicare Advantage Plan or the East Baton Rouge Parish School System Self-Insured Plan in the 2014 and/or 2015 Plan years will be grandfathered and will continue to have the option to select between the Board-approved Medicare Advantage Plan and the East Baton Rouge Parish School System Self-Insured Plan. (Superintendent Bernard Taylor, Jr./Catherine Fletcher/Mercer)

20. Discussion/Consideration of a request to accept the recommendation of the third party evaluator regarding the following charter school applications: (a) Apex Collegiate Academy; (b) Crossover House Dream Academy; (c) Community Schools of Baton Rouge; and (d) Laurel Oaks. (Carlos Sam)

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Old Business:

21. Discussion/Consideration of a request for authorization for staff to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) to seek professional services for a performance audit. (School Board Member Barbara Freiberg)

22. Organizational Items.

22.1 Announcement of Meetings:

 June 4, 2015, Public Hearing/School Board Workshop – 5:00 p.m. at Central Office (Board Room)  June 4, 2015, Committee of the Whole Meeting – Immediately following the Public Hearing/School Board Workshop  June 18, 2015, Public Hearing and Regular School Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m. at Central Office (Board Room)

23. Review of student expulsions. (NONE)

24. Appeal hearing(s) for a student expulsion. (NONE)

25. Adjournment.

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